THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA

PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

FINAL AGENDA

Meeting #:	PEDC 3-2019
Date:	Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Time:	1:00 P.m. - 4:00 P.m.
Location:	Council Chamber Niagara Region Headquarters, Campbell West 1815 Sir Isaac Brock Way, Thorold, ON

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

3.

STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING UNDER THE PLANNING ACT

Regional Official Plan Amendment 15 (ROPA 15)
Exemption Policies

3.1

Presentations

3.1.1

Overview of the Application - Regional Staff

3.2

Registered Speakers

3.3

Report & Correspondence (For Information Only)

3.3.1

PDS 5-2019

Regional Official Plan Amendment 15
Exemption Policies

3.3.2

PDS-C 10-2019

Letter from L. Tulloch, Planner, Community Planning and Development (West), Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, dated February 25, 2019, respecting Regional Official Plan Amendment 15

3.3.3

PDS-C 11-2019

Letter from R. Brady, Director, Planning and Development Services, Town of Fort Erie, dated February 27, 2019, respecting Regional Official Plan Amendment 15

3.4

Summary & Next Steps

3.5

Adjournment of the Statutory Public Meeting Under the Planning Act

4.

PRESENTATIONS

4.1

Modernizing Wine Sales in Ontario

Richard Linley, President, and Len Pennachetti, Chair, Ontario Craft Wineries

5.

DELEGATIONS

6.

ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

6.1

PDS 11-2019

Recommendation for Regional Official Plan Amendment No. 14 - Brock District Plan

A presentation will precede the consideration of this item.

6.2

PDS 4-2019

Memorandum of Understanding for Planning Function and Services between Niagara Region and Local Area Municipalities

6.3

PDS 13-2019

Initiation of a Woodland By-law Review

6.4

PDS-C 9-2019

Recommendations for Consideration from the Agricultural Policy and Action Committee meeting held February 22, 2019

7.

CONSENT ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

7.1

ED 2-2019

Economic Development Strategy: 2019 - 2024

A presentation will precede discussion of this item.

7.2

PDS 12-2019

Glendale Niagara District Plan – Phase 2 Update

A presentation will precede discussion of this item.

7.3

PDS 6-2019

Niagara Region 2018 Employment Inventory Results Report (and BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities, Local Economic Development Offices, Niagara Workforce Planning Board and the Niagara Chambers of Commerce)

A presentation will precede discussion of this item.

7.4

ED 3-2019

Workforce Development Initiative

7.5

PDS 9-2019

New Official Plan Consultation Timeline Framework (and BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority)

8.

OTHER BUSINESS

9.

CLOSED SESSION

9.1

Confidential Report PDS 15-2019 - A Matter Respecting Litigation or Potential Litigation – Appeal to LPAT for Welland CofA Decision on Minor Variance, 37 Niagara Street, Welland

9.2

Confidential Report PDS 16-2019 - A Matter Respecting Litigation or Potential Litigation – Appeal to LPAT for Port Colborne CofA Decision on Consent Applications of Westwood Estates, Port Colborne

10.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

11.

NEXT MEETING

​The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Regional Headquarters.

12.

ADJOURNMENT